Saudi armed forces general chief of staff to hold talks in Iran

DUBAI – The overall chief of workers of Saudi Arabia’s armed forces, Fayyad al-Ruwaili, will go to Tehran on Sunday to fulfill along with his Iranian counterpart and focus on defence ties, state media reported the Iranian Armed Forces Normal Employees as saying.

The go to follows the election of Donald Trump, who will take workplace for a second time period as U.S. President in January, and who has promised to deliver peace to the Center East.

Throughout his first time period, Trump initiated normalisations between Arab states and Iran’s regional arch-enemy Israel, generally known as the Abraham Accords.

Saudi Arabia has not established ties with Israel, however Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has mentioned the likelihood with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a number of occasions over the past years, a supply conversant in the discussions advised Reuters on situation of anonymity.

Iran’s state media stated al-Ruwaili will head a high-level Saudi navy delegation in Tehran, meet Armed Forces Chief of Employees Main Normal Mohammad Bagheri, and focus on bilateral and defence ties.

State media added that Bagheri held a cellphone name with Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud final 12 months to debate regional developments and enhance defence cooperation between the 2 international locations.

Tehran and Riyadh agreed in March 2023, through Chinese language intermediation, to re-establish relations after seven years of hostility that had threatened stability and safety within the Gulf and helped to gas conflicts within the Center East from Yemen to Syria.

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